Taapsee Pannu Quotes

Music can be a source of escapism.

When I'm doing just music all the time, it can get really overwhelming. It's always challenging to switch it up a bit. And just because you're a musician, it doesn't mean that music is your only creative outlet.

Creativity, for a lot of young people, is a coping mechanism. It's the only place they feel comfortable. It's the only time they feel like they're being heard or can make a difference, is if they can go into a room and do a drawing or go to a garage and play a song or retreat to this world.

This hiatus coming up I'm looking at a comedy because I need the balance.

Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.

I try to do my best to have fun off the court.

Music is an escape for me.

Therapy is therapy. Writing is for writing.

I have to have some kind of creative outlet; otherwise, I'm hell to be around.

I was so happy to go to prom so I could have a mental break because I've been working so hard. It felt so good to feel normal for once, and then the next day, I was in the gym again.

If I just swam all day, I'd lose it. That's why I do so many other activities. It keeps me sane.

Creating something I can use is the best stress reliever.

Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me.

To be honest, I watch way more dramatic films when I'm chilling at home. I think when you work in comedy, you just want something different in your private life. Makes you feel balanced, I guess.

But I really love music, and having a creative outlet is really the best thing you can do for yourself.

Acting for me is very therapeutic. It's my shrink.

A lot of people say it's cathartic to cook, and I'm like, 'How is it cathartic washing all these dishes?'

It's self-soothing for me to draw. So if I'm upset, drawing makes me less upset.

School allowed me to have outlets so that some of the pressure was taken off the acting. Every role in every movie, I used to live or die by. Once I had these new outlets, I relaxed a lot more.

Music stops you from thinking.

It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.

If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded.

I wrote 'Ruined' and 'Vera Stark' at the same time. That's just how my brain functions - when I'm dwelling someplace very heavy, I need a release.

Hats off to musicians who just want a pure escape. I have a lot of fondness for pure escapism. I don't feel like it's irresponsible, I think sometimes you really need to take a breather.

Music has always kind of been an escape for me.